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PaogEcmE. APPLICATION meu vic. 2s, n'm.

Patented .mir 1919.

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' more particularly te :afshmpneifshlis struction and Yoperation so co -cover ag'comparativel Y AV1-'E ;5plodedV A: further; l .'shrapnel comprising' a main' shell v1n :which main shell, and 'will subsequently:explodeso` j as to .scatter the shrapneljcarried 'thereby overa-a great area. 'Further objects will ap-v pear Afrom the detailed,de s cription:YV

Figure --1 is a fcentrallongitudinal view ,fwthroug'h a shellfcons'tructed infaccorda'nce' "7' -`withour invention, one of the supplemental H explosive members being ,shown in section.

i' Fig.rv 21 'isf a' 'section Vtaken substantially on y.

Y f j charged within a relativelysmall'area,f as in The body Y1', of the shelllfi'sof'cylindrica1Vr `'.'shape 'being cast in the usualfmannerjfro'mg f steeltempered' so las to be Ashattered'into great number of small particles'by the-force "i 'of the explosion, this body. beingV provided Y inne 27 '2 einig. 1. f

with a'baseQ. The forward' end. ofbody'l the. threaded neck 3:01? the headgll: Yin the "5, the head and timer being of standard construction. v A tube 6 is mounted in body of this tube'being closely adjacent the vinner I n, of 'hollowf, spheresorlballsV 7." AnippleS3L S750 isgthreadejd'into each ball so as to communi. i ycate with theinterior thereof. Inpractic'e, 1 We mount four or more of these balls in the body `of the casing, the spacesbetween thel rballs being f filled withLacharge of some 'a charge 10 of gun I'Jiowdevr,V

e@ he-fune@ atsayr th benut "f5 j ione-f-tliemaizobjeaeof theinvenmpnie f to vprovile' aishrapnetjsliell yof simpl'efconj-Q instructed" as to- 4Win be' distributed bytheeapiosion. of uief explosive@ It will `loe evidentfthat,vvhen i l the shell islexploded, .the,explosive slarge .:-damage;` `VBy this means, weinsureithat the `shrapnel willbe distributed throughouta; relatively large l area .instead loflbeing dis? the present; type of 4 shrapne1, thus; greatly@ r in, a fused ltube disposed removablylong'gif I 'j tudinally and eccentricallyof the'jbodygin -engagement with the finner surface of the V9,5 l wall of the-body and-"saidftube being fli'eld y againstdisplacement'bysaid'member,means 'Y to ignite thefuse" oftheitube' andmean's"to"if,A f j' 1 explode saidV supplemental member. Athroughf f M Y the action'of thefuse@ 1 1; 'fend of'nejck 3 ofthe head. Tube6j is pro- ,ris open and vris interiorly threaded 13e-'receive'JA forward end of which is securedjtheftimerf adjacent they wallY tb ereof and, extends the Y 'full lengths ofi the body,the forward end j e j .bursting 'charge' in contact with-'saidf'means i Mounted within the body 1, areaplurality,

Lvpriming' ycharge heilig `at each end offthe- ,I

j i 5 5 v'suitable explosive such y as dunnite, indicated `by9. -At yeach end oittheY casing we provide;y

andere uit@V i vof the balls 8Vvvill be ignited so`tl1at,whe the ballsare scattered from theishells,fqthey will; also Yexplode so as V.todischargefthe'80 i. shrapnel 'carried thereby over ag 'coinpara" .l i tively great area doing i aQgreatLdealQ o increasing the; eiiicien` of.' agiven caliber. 'Whatwe claim is:. y1. In a, projectile, a hollow'body, rafsip-"fg plemental explosive member-'disposed there'- 2.-Ifn a projectile, a hollowfbodyjsupple v mental. explosive means disposedv therein, y

and with `the body, priming charges'fro they body preventing longitudinal di'splace--V vmentof Vthe tubefrom'the body, said means and body preventing lateral displacement of the tuba-'means to"'ignite the fuse Ko-fitheV tube, said body'having primingcharges, and

. a bursting` charge intermediate the pr'iriiirig` charges in Contact with the supplemental explosive -me'ans Vand they body for ignition from said fuse, and said supplemental eX- plosive means having yfuse mechanism for ignition from said charges.

4. In `a pro]ect1le, a easing havmgexplosive means therein, fuse means therefor 1nescape thereof.A Y t 5. In' la :pro]ect1le, .a ,hollow body, ysupplemental explosive means therein, a fused `tube disposed -removably, ylongitudinally =and ec-y centrieally of vthe'body forlengagement Withl the inner 'Wall of the .body and said means, and being` held against displacementlaterallyby said Wall .and saidfmeans, a`detaehi ableelos'ure member,forl the body prevent- Alongitudinal 'displacement' of the' tube,

priming charges adjacent opposite ends of the -supplementalz'explosive, means, a bursting charge in Contact With the supplemental `explosive means and the body, said tube being provided With means of communica'- tion with said charges, said sup lemental explosive means including a fuse member open at both 'ends land extending thereinto beyond the inner surface of its Wall `to form an abutment for the 1.charge *ton prevent undue geseape .t hereof,`;andf said removable closure meinberfhaving fused means for operation toignitethe Vfuse of the said :firstl mentioned tube, Jto ignite Vthe charges from said fuse and ignite the kfuse of the supplemental explosive members therefrom.

In testimony whereof We affixy our signatures inpresenee of two Witnesses.

'CHE-STER A. MUR. Y CECIL A. TAYLOR. VVitne'sses:A *i

A l L ROBERT E. JARvIs,

.JOHN BAVBhCooK.V

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